Vehicle spring suspension



J.- WINSOR ET AL VEHICLE SPRING SUSPENSION Filed Au. 3, 1923 Ho: nu:

i type of spring suspension that is ar y to support the front axle of a Fordson- Patented May 5, 1 925.

. JAMES e. wrnson nnnsnzo rmrssnrra, or nn'rnorr, MICHIGAN.

A VEHICLE SPRING SUSPENSION.

Apjplicationfiled'Au'gust 3, 1823 Qcrial No. 655,405.

T0 all whom it may coaccmt: A

Be it known that'we, James G. lVINson and time Harasrrrrn, Llamas GfllViNson acitizen of the United States and Snzo Ha'rasnrra asubject of Japan, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne andState oflvlichigan', have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Spring suspensionsyof which the following is specification. v r p This inventionrelates to vehicle spring suspension and more particularly to that 'anged tract-or. r

' It has been customary to mount the front axle of a Fordson tractor directly, onto the chassis'frame. The operator sometimes do sires to use wheels larger or smaller in diameter as the occasion demands.

Inour co-pendingapplication Serial No. 648,645, we have disclosed means for providing a spring suspension for the front a Xle, including means for adjusting the seine so as to use larger or smaller wheels. s This inventionis animprovement over the above mentioned application and is so arranged that wheels of different diameter may be easily installed onthe tractor without necessitating the change in the central shackle construction. 7 r

.In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevational View of thespring assembled onto the tractor.

Fi 2 is a fra mentar )lan View of one" end of the axle and spring.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3. of Fig. 1. r I i Fig. 4. is a fragmentary elevational iew showing the means for obtaining the adjustment necessary in using wheels of larger or smaller diameter.

The radiator a; is supported on the chassis frame 6, which has secured thereto and depending therefrom, a bracket 0 of the stand' ard construction. My special form of axle (Z is provided with theusual holes 0 for taking the steering knuckle pin This axle is bowed outwardly and downwardly as shown and is provided on the underside thereof with the bearing surface 7. A pair of leaf springs g and g each have one end secured to thebearing surface f by means of a clamp h, and U-bolt and nut s.

o have provided a fixture j which is adapted to be secured in the yoke bracket 0 .2; of the spring 9 free end, but is extended lowered from the by means ofa bolt The upper part of this fixture is arranged toabut against themside face of the yoke bracket as at m. is thus seen that the fixture is securely held within the bracket 0. p i

The lower part of the fixture below the shackle bolt is is cored out as at a, and a shackle bolt 0 is carried near the lower end of the fixture around whichthe eye is secured. spring 9 is not formed with an eye at its straight and arranged to be slidably engaged between'the wall 9 of the fixture, and the bolt 1' carried by the fixture. The connection between the axle and the chassis frame is plainly evident, and it will be noted that the spring 9 functions as a radius rod with the bolt 0 as a center. This will be permitted by r the sliding connection of the spring 9 with s which can be inserted between the hearing surface 7 carried by the axle and the leaves of the spring. This wedge will change the inclination of the leaf spring, and as shown in Fig.

position as shown in Fig. l, where no wedge is used. This will enable the operator to use a wheel of a smaller diameter, the inclination of the walls of the wedge determining the for wheels of differentsizes. ei ident that if the wedge s were reversed, the angle of inclination of the spring would be increased thereby, raising the axle so that awheel of a larger diameter could be used.

This arrangement enables the operator to maintain a permanent fixture secured to his The other d we have shown the adjustable 4, the axle will be proper adjustment It is quite 1,see,eee

enough to take the strain, and which will eliminate the tendency to side sway,

ll hat we claim is:

1. In a vehicle spring suspension, the combination of a chassis frame, an axle, a pair of inwardly and downwardly extending leaf spring members, each having one end secured to the axle near the end thereof, and a fixture rigidly secured to the chassis tame, the free end of one of the spring members pivotally secured to said fixture and the free end of the other spring member slidably secured to said fixture.

2. In a vehicle spring suspension, the combination of a chassis frame, an axle pair of inwardly and downwardly extending leai springmembers, each having one end secured to the axle near the end and to the underside thereof, and a iixture ri llg' secured to the chassis frame being posi i centrally thereof and extending); below the axle, the free end of one of the spring members pirotally connected to said rigid ixture, and the free end oi the other spring member slid-ably connected to said rigid lixture.

In a vehicle spring suspension, the combination of a chassis "frame provided with a depending bracket, an axle having its central portion bowed outwardly, a pair or spring members anchored to the axle ear the ends thereof and extending inwardly substantially perpendicularly to the axis oi? the chassis frame, and a fixture semred to the depending bracket carried by the chassis frame provided with a shackle bolt and haw ing a cored ontinterior and provided with an opening on one side opening into said cored out interior, the free end of one spring member pivotally secured to said shackle bolt, and the free end of the other spring; member slidably mounted in said opening carried by the fixture.

4:. In a vehicle spring suspension, the combination of a chassis frame l)l 0\"l( ll i with a depending bracket, an axle, a pair oi inwardly extending spring members, each having one end secured to the axle near the end thereof and a fixture bolted to said depending bracket and provided with a saddle portion which abuts the depending bracket. for rigidly supporting; the iixture when the same is bolted thereon, the free end of one spring member iiiivotally connected to the i'ixture anl the free end of the other sprim; n'iember slidably connected thereto.

In testimony whereof we atlix our signatures.

JAMES G. "WINSOR. SEZO llii'lASl'll/TA. 

